South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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H. 4131

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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. W. Newton, G.M. Smith, Stavrinakis, Erickson, Elliott, Bradley and Herbkersman
Document Path: l:\council\bills\rt\17585sa19.docx

Introduced in the House on February 27, 2019
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Admission tax and rebates for motion picture production companies

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/27/2019  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 65)
   2/27/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 65)
    4/2/2019  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, 
                        Elliott, Bradley, Herbkersman

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/27/2019

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-62-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ADMISSION TAX AND REBATES TO MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION COMPANIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ADDITIONAL FOUR PERCENT OF THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THE ADMISSIONS TAX COLLECTED BY THE STATE MUST BE FUNDED ANNUALLY TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA FILM COMMISSION FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 12-62-60 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection to read:

"( )    Notwithstanding subsection (A), on July 1, 2019, and each July first thereafter until July 1, 2023, an additional four percent of the general fund portion of admissions tax collected by the State of South Carolina for the previous year must be funded annually by September first to the department for the exclusive use of the South Carolina Film Commission until the total amount is equal to forty-six percent of the general fund portion of admissions tax."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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